A Democratic lawmaker is staying in the Texas Capitol rather than accept an around-the-clock police escort that Republicans imposed to keep she and her colleagues from leaving the state again and further delaying the GOP's redrawing of congressional districts as President Donald Trump wants.

Dozens of Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday after Democrats in California heeded Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call to counter the GOP effort in Texas by redrawing districts there.

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier, who represents a minority-majority district in Fort Worth, stayed on the House floor Monday night and Tuesday. The House is not set to convene again until Wednesday, when a vote on the maps is scheduled.

In California, the Democratic-supermajority Legislature faces tight deadlin

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